Getting the Hi-Fi Mojo Back

[Alex_UK]

Cheers, Tim. I did see the forum when I was researching, looks like a good community.

It arrived this afternoon, set up in about 2 minutes as they claim, logged in with all my various accounts and checked it all seems to work, quick glance at the Wiim Home app looks very good - easily access all I am likely to need (Tidal Connect, Plex, BBC radio, Radio Paradise mainly) and with Spotify Connect, you just choose the Wiim as a speaker and use the app as the remote.

Looking forward to a listen later to see how it sounds but looks like a winner on the functionality front so far. (And it’s tiny - how do they pack everything in it?)

[Macca]

Everything it does is probably all on one tiny chip.

[Alex_UK]

Everything it does is probably all on one tiny chip.

That looks about right!

https://www.diyaudio.com/community/t...uested.393202/

[Alex_UK]

Well it’s time to turn it down and return to the near-field system, but in the couple of hours listening to the Wiim with the Sony/Spendors my gast is well and truly flabbered. I wasn’t expecting the Wiim to be massively better than the iPhone/Fiio, or the iPad headphone jack but it most certainly is. Soundstage, separation, tone, clarity - everything is just much much bigger and better. It’s definitely not placebo because I wasn’t expecting it to be that good - unless reverse placebo effect is a thing? This is definitely getting the hifi mojo back!

[Tim]

Yup, you get a lot of bang for your buck from a WiiM

[Alex_UK]

Well I’ve had a month now with the Sony/Spendor combo, and three weeks since I added the Wiim, and I can’t stop listening to it, so I must have got the mojo back!

I’m loving the Wiim Home app, really easy to seamlessly move between streaming from Spotify, playing my own rips via Plex or internet radio, and whilst I have previously avoided any kind of equalisation, using the “RoomFit” app has tuned the system to the room a treat, or using a preset EQ such as “Acoustic” for low volume late night listening makes it more listenable without going too loud.

I’m still just using the analog output of the Wiim Mini and therefore it’s own internal DAC, will be tempted to either upgrade to a better Wiim product or look for an external DAC or amp with a DAC but at the moment I’m just enjoying the scale of getting the bigger speakers back playing, can’t believe I allowed them to hibernate for so long but at least they are back now!

[Macca]

What were you using before the Spendors came back?

[Alex_UK]

What were you using before the Spendors came back?

Nothing in the living room apart from Roth actives either side of the telly. Various other setups around the house, but all little boxes, Wharfedale actives in kitchen, Diamond 220s with a Tangent amp in the dining room, and the powered Triangle AIOs in the study. (Which are still brilliant as a near-field system.)

The Spendors were in the spare room which became a music room with electric piano and stuff so it got a bit crowded in there so I swapped them for original “Super” Diamonds to save space and that’s when they got mothballed.

[Tim]

Well I’ve had a month now with the Sony/Spendor combo, and three weeks since I added the Wiim, and I can’t stop listening to it, so I must have got the mojo back!

I’m still just using the analog output of the Wiim Mini and therefore it’s own internal DAC, will be tempted to either upgrade to a better Wiim product or look for an external DAC or amp with a DAC

My WiiM Pro has the same DAC chip as your mini Alex, plugging it into an external DAC is not an insignificant improvement. I love my WiiM as well, one of the best bargains in HiFi I reckon, if you still enjoy exploring music.

Good to see those Spendors back, they are great.

[Alex_UK]

Gosh, look what arrived today, DPD driver must have got the wrong address? [emoji2369] [emoji6]